The Exam Begins!
The awaited day has finally arrived!
The examinees had gathered enthusiastically. Talk about how their little experience in dealing with dimensional Arches.
Among them, Alice was the one who was quite striking, her red hair was different from most people. Not only that, beside Alice there was a girl with a white coat covering her body and head, it was Mizuri who had officially become an examinee.
She doesn't need any training.
Her magic ability was already not to be taken lightly, that's what the instructors said.
"Attention!!” A stocky man climbed onto his podium, a large sword in his hand, a scar on his face indicating that he was a formidable warrior.
All eyes are now on him.
He smiled, pleased to see that the candidates this time were quite friendly.
“Dear candidates, let me introduce myself. My name is Walter! Advanced Warrior class, Sword Master! This time, I was acting as the supervisor of this exam, not only me of course, but I was accompanied by 2 other supervisors, namely Miss Charlotte, The Sword Master, and Mr. Wood, the Caster!”
All the candidates cheered, they were quite legendary Dimensioners— they were known to so many.
They are the deepest record-breaking Dimensioners, with the exception of Charlotte. Charlotte is still quite a rookie when compared to Walter and Wood.
“You should have read the guide, however, to clarify, Miss Charlotte will explain again, please." Walter stepped off the podium, please allow Charlotte to step up.
Charlotte's cheeks were slightly flushed, this was her first time dealing with so many people, having to make a speech in front of so many people.
But she only sighed and shook her head slightly. “Right off the bat, the purpose of this exam is to test your survival skills. You will go inside the first floor and look for this little bell that resembles the bell in my hand. The number of bells is 10, whoever manages to return with the bells will be declared a pass. And if you don't get it, yes clearly you are eliminated and will repeat in the following exam.”
Charlotte drew her sword and raised it as high as possible.
“This way, the exam will begin, in 30 minutes from now!”
Everyone is now applauding.
They are very enthusiastic. Of course, people with symbols on the body are the chosen ones, even so, they are often ostracized by society, they are considered dangerous monsters that can get out of control at any moment.
That's why most of the people who have symbols don't get decent jobs.
“You ready?” Alice looked at her companion.
Her companion looked at Alice with a confident smile under her coat. “I'm ready, Of course, the first floor is not a problem for me.”
30 minutes finally passed.
They enter simultaneously and scatter. Some work together, some alone.
Alice and Mizuri for example, they both work together to find the bell.
With the help of Kaiser who was quite familiar with the 1st floor,they made a previous mapping.
Most likely the bell was kept in a place rarely found by people and guarded by powerful monsters.
“First, we are going to point D, previously I saw some people running towards point C and H, this point D is quite complicated because it is guarded by some middle-class monsters, at least the middle-class for the first floor." Alice widened her map and put a cross at some point.
It was the mark of the ‘powerful' monster that the Kaiser talked about yesterday.
After rolling back her map, the two of them immediately walked towards the destination point.
Finally, one monster appeared, sure enough the monster around Point D was different from the other first floor monsters, this was an earth elemental monster, the Earth Chariot.
Her body is like a porcupine without thorns with a pointed toothed muzzle that is ready to tear apart the body of his opponent. “For this one, please leave it to me.” Mizuri offered without taking off her hood.
She flicked her hand fan to the right side and lifted it up before casting, " Dai san waza: Fuyu no kaimetsu-tekina bakufū!!”
An explosion appeared from under the monster's feet, she raised his fan as a diversion so that the enemy would consider the upcoming attack an air strike.
They bounce off and crumble into grains of soil. “Good job, Mizuri.” This is the greatest technique Alice has ever seen.
They both ran back, but not far to go, now they were stopped by a terrible sight.
"They—“
Mizuri couldn't believe it. Those people who were lying full of injuries with heavy breathing were the most excited group.
They look young, 3 boys and 2 girls.
“for now, let's keep them safe."Alice's suggestion is that they can't go back out to help the opponent.
In these conditions, being a little more ruthless is not a bad choice.
Although Mizuri didn't seem to have the heart, she finally made up her mind and walked over to Alice. She had already given first aid to their wounds.
Fortunately, the wounds weren't too deep. It seemed like it was just a lower-grade monster incision.
“Fifth technique: twin blade swirl!”
Lower class monsters, goblins had appeared before them, ambushing from behind the rocks. Looks happy because their prey is female. But not just moving, their bodies had already been chopped up with Alice's sword blade.
Now Alice's clothes were covered in blood, but her determined gaze still emanated from her two red eyes. “You're not kidding about this test, are you?”
“This is not the time to joke. Kaiser always entered the Dimensional Gate alone and sometimes returned wounded. I need to be stronger and be able to be with him."Alice walked back.
The little cave in front of there is quite suspicious. There was clearly something hidden behind the cave.
"Alice, most likely—“
“Yes, I feel something in there. No, not the bell, but something else, something so powerful that it makes my symbol feel as hot as it burns.” The symbol on her Palm lit up, as if reacting to something.
Just now feeling a little calmer, a violent shock occurred, dropping rocks from the Dimensional Gate's ceiling.
And as expected, a powerful monster came out from inside the small cave.
A snake-like figure with burning eyes, its body was larger than a bus and its length they could not estimate because part of its body was still in the cave.
“There's no way they're hiding the bell in here, right?” A faint smile was now implied on Alice's lips.
I didn't expect to have to deal with such a powerful monster. From it's aura alone it can be ascertained that he is very strong.
“What now? Want to run?”
"run? Hah! Kaiser will laugh at us if we run! Support me with your fire magic from behind, Mizuri!” Alice ran towards the monster and tried to cut it down with her short sword. But her slash instead bounced off and his body bounced off.
The scales of this snake are too hard for it to penetrate. “Still not! Third technique: spinning slash!” as if she were a chainsaw about to cut iron, she spread her arms and spun very quickly. Trying to cut off the body of the huge monster.
“It will be worth it, Alice! Let's step back and make a plan!”
“KHAH! Alice bounced again, bumping into the rock behind her, " even if you want to back down, this snake will chase us and will stop when we have become its snack, there is no other choice.”